My councilofelrond.net email account has been wiped. Not sure why... maybe I didn't log in often enough. At any rate, everything is gone. Thankfully there were only a handful of personal mails, most of my reviews are still up on the groups. The one thing I did lose though, was a scan of the Rúmil decipher card I'd been sent. Rhonda, was it you who sent me that? If you or anyone else has a pic of it would they mind forwarding it to me? It was soooo pretty!
Jul. 27th, 2005
Neglected elves - a discussion
Jul. 27th, 2005 08:27 pmI admit, until I met ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
luin77 I didn't think about Oropher much. He was just Thranduil's father. But friends and role-play tend to make things creep into your head and I have to say, I've become rather a fan!
Unfortunately, there don't seem to be a great deal of others who are. Oropher rarely appears in fics and when he does, it's usually as the bad guy. The poor Elf has a worse reputation for being evil than his son!
What I want to know is why. OK, so he wasn't a fan of the Noldor. After the kinslayings, can he really be blamed? He charged before Gil-galad's signal yes, but we don't know why. There could have been any number of reasons. Tolkien called him wise. So why does this Elf get such bad press?
Opinions please!
luin77 I didn't think about Oropher much. He was just Thranduil's father. But friends and role-play tend to make things creep into your head and I have to say, I've become rather a fan! Unfortunately, there don't seem to be a great deal of others who are. Oropher rarely appears in fics and when he does, it's usually as the bad guy. The poor Elf has a worse reputation for being evil than his son!
What I want to know is why. OK, so he wasn't a fan of the Noldor. After the kinslayings, can he really be blamed? He charged before Gil-galad's signal yes, but we don't know why. There could have been any number of reasons. Tolkien called him wise. So why does this Elf get such bad press?
Opinions please!
